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Cyprus

Capital city — Nicosia

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Country-profile

Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

4.5 % (37)
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31/01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Percentage of untried female prisoners

27 % (10)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 45

Percentage of foreign female prisoners

67.6 % (25)
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31/01/2021
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 45

Mothers are allowed to keep their children with them

yes, until 2 years old

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2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 32

Minors

Minimum age of imprisonment for minors

14 years old

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2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 41

Incarcerated minors

2.9 %

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31/01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Number and percentage of foreign prisoners

Data not disclosed

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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 62

People serving a life sentence

4.8 % (26)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 53

Percentage of untried prisoners

34.6 % (287)
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31/01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Number and percentage of elderly prisoners

2.3 % (19)

(≥ 65 years old)

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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 42

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2002